After Watching VH1 It Got Me Thinking. Did You Have A Water Bed.

[DEM FAN]

I Had One For A Long Time But I Had To Get Rid Of It Because
I Was NOT Sleeping Well. :-)

[proud patriot]

1. I got rid of mine when I was pregnant

I couldn't get up out of it . LOL :hi:

[bluestateguy]

2. were you watching "I love the 70's"?

They have been showing it almost every day. Good show.

[blackcat77]

6. Great show!

I graduated HS in 1970, so that was the decade I came of age and can relate to this series a lot better than the 80s one. And the commentators they had were just perfect.

[Catch22Dem]

9. I thought some of the commentators were too young

[kodi]

3. no, but i wet the bed a lot. does that count?

.

[wtmusic]

4. ashamed to say so but yes, they were awful

talk about a ship of fools! And while I'm in confession: I bought Earth Shoes! Anyone else?

[blackcat77]

7. Nope

I had too much respect for my Achilles tendon to wear those things. And that's not even getting into how stupid they looked.

[wtmusic]

8. Not only did they look stupid, but

they hurt and were expensive! Ah, the folly of youth.

I hope Anne Kalso, the lady who invented them, is now broke and only able to walk downhill.

[blackcat77]

5. Sure did

Got it in 1978 and didn't get rid of it until two years ago when it became nearly impossible to find a store that carried them around here. We kept the frame and got a "California King" mattress which immediately started to sag. Haven't been able to sleep properly since. I guess I need to start checking out internet sources...

[REP]

10. Loved One Still Has One

I hate it. A lot.

[arwalden]

11. Yep... it was cheaper than a real mattress...

... and when I was younger and more mobile it made it a lot easier to pack up and move to a new apartment (every time the lease was up for renewal and the rent was raised).

Can you even BUY a brand new waterbed anymore?

I remember when every Joe in town was opening a waterbed showroom. Now you never hear about them.

-- Allen

[rainydaywoman]

12. Yes!

Full wave and I LOVE it!! It's like being on a cloud.
When I'm away from home and try to sleep on a regular bed, I can't!!

They still sell them.

[InkAddict]

13. Limited-Motion Bliss on the Waves

I miss my limited-motion heated water mattress - It was nice to have the warmed sheets in the winter. The trick was to buy a quality mattress and replace it when the baffles gave out.

The current mattress is a modified pseudo-water mattress with about eight filled tubes over which is a traditional toplet. One can use regular sheets, use a regular box spring/frame, and there's no heater required. It's o-kay, so far I guess.

[Karenina]

14. My water bed days ended

when it tossed me onto the floor during the '94 quake. Man, talk about "catching a wave!"